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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Routine

Okay, today is about routine. I created a routine especially
for this blogging challenge and so far I’ve been very good at following through
with it, as you can see. I haven’t been late once. (Knock on wood.)

What is your routine, whether or not you’re a writer? My
routine starts with getting up in the morning. This is very important as there is no start to my day without it. I make coffee for my husband
and tea for me. I feed my little lovey-dog and commence the thinking part of
the routine. I work out most mornings, get home, check my emails, blogs, etc.
then I get busy and work on my project. Each day I try to leave my wip at a
point where it’s necessary to go back and “catch up” a bit so that I start with
where I ended the day before. I know this sounds logical, but in writing that
isn’t always what happens. Often, though I start that way, I end up working on
a piece I thought I’d finished with until the next draft. This, for me, is the
part of revising that I love. This is where the true character of my
protagonist (s) comes out and sometimes I get a big surprise.

This is definitely NOT my routine!

Then, once finished for the day, I take my little Bonaparte
(little body, big ego) out for a walk before welcoming my husband home. I try
to stick to this routine each week day. The weekends I try to keep for
gardening. I say try. Because even though I love this routine, I sometimes find
that I have to revise just one thing on my wip, even on the weekend, like today, Saturday,
and I think that’s a good thing. I think it’s good to “break” any routine once
in a while. What do you think? What is your routine, and how do you like to
break it?

When I am writing, my routine is several hours of writing in the evening after I practice my guitar. (I usually do it during NaNo or BuNo so I'm also forced to make a deadline with my word count.)Otherwise my routine is my job and blogging throughout the day.

Hi Lisa .. I'm good at the getting up and getting organised with coffee - I must now build the exercise into the day ... after the A - Z ... my routine in the last few years has been visiting my mother twice a day ... and everything else got fitted in around her. I'm adjusting - the space for my brain is wonderful .. and now that summer just might be around the corner life is getting easier all round. Just need those walks, stretches and freedom to settle in ...

Having a family adds things - but they're enjoyable ... good luck with the WIP though .. cheers Hilary

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